In case you missed it, Tropico 7, a new installment in the long-running sim/strategy series, was just announced at Gamescom. This year's Gamescom is officially on, running throughout the week in Cologne, Germany, and beginning last night with the massive Opening Night Live. Today, the event splintered off into multiple smaller livestreams and reveals, coupled with an in-person gathering with lots of informational booths and playable demos.
It was at one of those smaller livestreams - the Xbox Gamescom showcase - that Tropico 7 was revealed for a 2026 releae date. Tropico 7 will be available on Xbox Series X/S, the Xbox app on PC, Steam, the Epic Games Store, and PS5 sometime next year.
Tropico 7 was a pretty big surprise at this year's Gamescom; it's a world premiere, after all. It's not a huge triple-A that we already knew was about to come out, and was basically guaranteed to get some kind of representation, unlike Silent Hill f and its big new trailer.
And anyway, no one would blame you if you missed it; the Tropico 7 announcement was incredibly brief. There was no full-length trailer, no gameplay footage, no briefing on what to...
